Hemant Soren wins trust vote in J’khand Assembly; likely to expand cabinet
Following the trust vote victory, Hemant is expected to expand his cabinet later on Monday as Governor C P Radhakrishnan is likely to be out of the state after July 9.
The MLAs of Jharkhand’s ruling JMM-Congress-RJD alliance, who have camping at a Telangana resort since Thursday, have returned to Ranchi ahead of Monday’s crucial floor test of the Champai Soren government.
The MLAs were shifted to the Congress-ruled state amid fears of poaching by the principal Opposition BJP after former Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s resignation and subsequent arrest.
The ruling JMM-Congress-RJD alliance has 47 MLAs in the 81-member Jharkhand legislative assembly where the majority mark is 41. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has 29 seats, its ally Congress has 17 and the RJD and the CPI (ML) have 1 seat.
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However, the Champai Soren government has given the Governor a lettre of support from 43 MLAs.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Pranav Jha has alleged that BJP was still trying to break the party in Jharkhand.
“CM has been allowed to vote. We have sufficient numbers quite in fact more than the majority. We came because the BJP was still trying to break us…The threat of ED, CBI, and IT was there. They’re trying to break every opposition state,” Pranav Jha told reporters in Hyderabad.
The floor test of the new government of Jharkhand will be held in the Assembly on Monday.
The move is seen as an attempt by the ruling combine to keep its flock together and pre-empt poaching attempts by the principal Opposition player–BJP.
The Assembly will convene for a two-day session on February 5.
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